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    "id": 702402,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Uhuru Kenyatta Government has realized the potential in women. However, in the Legislature things are different. The Legislature must at all times believe in the principle of universal suffrage. It is the people, in their wisdom, who will elect people. They do not elect you because you are a man or a woman; they look at the qualities you possess. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, during the Committee of the whole House there was an amendment from the Senate targeting Section 2(e) of the Pyrethrum Act. That Section does not exist! You were amending a law that does not exist. So, I want to tell the Legal Department of the Senate, the relevant Committee of the Senate and the Clerk of the Senate that they must be thorough when making laws. Previously, we amended the National Police Service Act. We amended something through the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. However, I saw a Private Members Bill from the Senate purporting to amend what we had already amended. If you look at the Order Paper, you will see a law from the Senate on flags and emblems by Hon. Bony Khalwale. This House dealt with that matter a long time ago through a Bill by Hon. Keynan. So, what are we doing? I think that is why this Senate should only sit for three months in a year. This is based on the workload. This afternoon I want to thank a great lady called “Philomena Mwilu”. We just passed her to be the next Deputy Chief Justice. Those who say that the Jubilee administration is composed of two tribes are propagandist and their days are numbered. When you say that Jubilee is composed of two tribes only--- I neither belong to the President’s tribe nor the Deputy President’s tribe. However, I want to tell the country that if you look at the leadership of the National Assembly from the Jubilee side and you compare it with the CORD side, you can tell who is tribal. The Leader of the Minority Party is called “Francis Nyenze” and he is the Member for Kitui West Constituency. He comes from the backyard of the Wiper Leader. His Deputy is Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo, a cousin to the former Prime Minister. The small seat that remained was given to a man called “Hon. Chris Wamalwa”. He is a distant cousin of the Leader of the Minority Party in the Senate. Go to the Senate and you will that the Leader of the Minority Party gave himself a job. Now, come to our side. I am the leader. I come from the dessert. I am a Muslim and Uhuru Kenyatta is not one. I am a Cushite. I think one of them is a Nilote and the other one a Bantu. Look at my Deputy. She comes from the coast. Look at our Whip. He is a Maasai. Today, we have passed the name of a lady called “Philomena” not because of her tribe, but because of her competence. In this country, we must bring all communities together. We must practice issue-based politics. We need politics that will unite our people. As we go for this recess, we must preach against violence. We must also preach against ethnicity. We must all get united in the war against terrorism. You have seen the card that Al Shabab is playing. They intend to kill only Christians. The security apparatus in Mandera must up their game. They know the concentration areas of our brothers, that is, the non-locals. They know where they are in the hotels and estates. This House has allocated huge resources to security. Hon. Nkaisserry; the Inspector-General, Boinet and the Director-General of NIS have relatively made Kenya safer in the last eight months. Let us give it to them because they have tried. Since they took over, we have enjoyed relative calm. We want our Kenya Defence Forces to secure our borders. Members of Parliament like Hon. Mahamud and Hon. Diriye who come The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
}